Article 263: Single punishment where the maker also commits a related offence
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้าผู้กระทำความผิดตามมาตรา ๒๕๐ มาตรา ๒๕๑ มาตรา ๒๕๔ มาตรา ๒๕๖ มาตรา ๒๕๘ มาตรา ๒๕๙ หรือมาตรา ๒๖๒ ได้กระทำความผิดตามมาตราอื่นที่บัญญัติไว้ในหมวดนี้ อันเกี่ยวกับสิ่งที่เกิดจากการกระทำความผิดนั้นด้วย ให้ลงโทษผู้นั้นตามมาตรา ๒๕๐ มาตรา ๒๕๑ มาตรา ๒๕๔ มาตรา ๒๕๖ มาตรา ๒๕๘ มาตรา ๒๕๙ หรือมาตรา ๒๖๒ แต่กระทงเดียว
English translation
If a person who commits an offence under Section 250, Section 251, Section 254, Section 256, Section 258, Section 259, or Section 262 also commits an offence under another Section provided in this Chapter in relation to the thing produced by the commission of that offence, that person shall be punished under Section 250, Section 251, Section 254, Section 256, Section 258, Section 259, or Section 262, as the case may be, as a single offence only.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 263 closes the Chapter on seals, stamps and tickets, and it is a rule about how to punish rather than an offence. It creates no aggravation and contains no element of damage to the State. Where a person who has offended under Section 250, Section 251, Section 254, Section 256, Section 258, Section 259 or Section 262 also offends under another section of the same Chapter in relation to the thing produced by that offence, the court punishes under the first section alone, as a single offence. So a person who forges an official seal and then uses it is punished for the forgery, not for the forgery and the use as separate counts, and the effect is to limit liability rather than to extend it. Two limits apply. The rule benefits only the person who made or altered the article, so a confederate who merely used or circulated it is punished under his own section in the ordinary way. And it reaches only the thing produced by that person's own offence, leaving dealings in other forged articles as separate offences. Section 248 is the equivalent rule in the Chapter on currency offences.
Why this matters in practice
Section 263 reduces exposure rather than increasing it, and it contains no element of damage to the State. Where a person who has offended under Section 250, 251, 254, 256, 258, 259 or 262 also offends under another section of the same Chapter in relation to the thing produced by that offence, the court punishes once only, under the first section. So a person who forges an official seal and then uses it is punished for the forgery alone, not for the forgery and the use as separate counts. Two limits matter in practice. The rule benefits only the person who made or altered the article, so a confederate who merely used or circulated it is punished under his own section in the ordinary way. And it applies only to the thing produced by that person's own offence, so dealings in other forged articles remain separate offences. Section 248 is the equivalent rule in the Chapter on currency offences.
Cited in 8 Supreme Court decisions (1986 to 2020)
Décisions de citation sélectionnées
- Decision 3121/2530 (1987)
- Decision 1001/2533 (1990)
- Décision 6387/2545 (2002)
- Décision 4632/2533 (1990)
- Decision 3942/2529 (1986)
- Decision 5134/2563 (2020)
- Décision 2667/2536 (1993)
- Decision 1154/2533 (1990)
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Foire aux questions
Does Section 263 increase the penalty?
No. Section 263 is a merger rule. Where a person who offends under Section 250, 251, 254, 256, 258, 259 or 262 also offends under another Section of the same Chapter in relation to the thing produced by that offence, that person is punished under the first Section only, as a single offence. It reduces exposure rather than increasing it, and it contains no element of damage to the State.
L’article 263 crée-t-il une infraction distincte ?
No. It creates no offence and prescribes no penalty of its own. It is a rule about how to punish a person who has already offended under one of the listed Sections and then also under another Section of the same Chapter.
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Citation simple
Penal Code, s. 263 (Thailand) -
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Penal Code (Thailand), s. 263. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-penal-code/section-263/ (accessed 30 août 2026). -
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ป.อ. มาตรา 263 -
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